2019-01: i3 Tiling Window Manager, Windows Subsystem for Linux

Lanny Cox discusses tiling window managers in general and i3 in particular; Jason Eckert discusses the Windows Subsystem for Linux. See kwlug.org/node/1142 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped.

KWLUG Meeting: Monday, March 4, 2019, 7pm

UEFI/GUID Partition Tables, Pop!_OS

Meeting Date

2019-03-04T19:00:00

Note: The location for this meeting has changed. It will now be held at TriOS College.

Chris Irwin will give us a practical overview of UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface), the successor to computer BIOSes, and GUID partition tables, the successor to MBR tables.

Jason Eckert will tell us about Pop!_OS, a Linux distribution by hardware manufacturer System76. This presentation will be beginner-friendly.

2018-12: LXD, SSH Foo

Mikalai Birokou talks about containerization and LXD. Jason Eckert illustrates fun things you can do with SSH. See kwlug.org/node/1138 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Unfortunately we had technical difficulties recording audio for this podcast, so the first part of the LXD presentation was cut off.

KWLUG Meeting: Monday, February 4, 2019, 7pm

Game Emulators, Bottleneck Evaluation tools

Meeting Date

2019-02-04T19:00:00

Note: The location for this meeting has changed. It will now be held at TriOS College.

Tim Laurence will lead a discussion on tools you can use to identify bottlenecks in systems.

Brent Clements will talk about game emulators in Linux.

Note: Benjamin Tompkins's presentation on virtual machines has been postponed.

2018-10: Microcontrollers, Home Automation

Khalid Baheyeldin discusses microcontrollers in the Arduino ecosystem, Micropython and cloud-free home automation with Home Assistant. See kwlug.org/node/1121 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials.

KWLUG Meeting: Monday, Dec 3 2018, 7pm

Linux Containers, SSH Tricks

Meeting Date

2018-12-03T19:00:00

Mikalai Birukou will give us an introduction to LXD, the Linux container management system. LXD provides a cheap way to experiment with different installations. He says this is a beginner-friendly talk for those who dabble on the command line or are beginner sysadmins.

Jason Eckert will discuss interesting SSH tips and tricks.

2018-08: Debian Development, High-Availability

Hubert Chathi discusses the structure of the Debian project, and Madison Kelly gives a high-level overview of high-availability and intelligent availability computing. See kwlug.org/node/1125 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials.